Betty Jane Gorin-Smith

Who is Betty Jane Gorin-Smith?

Betty Jane Mitchell Gorin-Smith, known as Betty Jane Gorin-Smith, is an independent historian from Campbellsville in Taylor County in central Kentucky, best known for her book Morgan Is Coming!: Confederate Raiders in the Heartland of Kentucky, a study of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raids in 1863 during the height of the American Civil War.

A historic preservationist, Gorin-Smith worked to establish the Heartland Civil War Trails project. She has been a primary leader of the preservation effort at the Tebbs Bend Civil War battlefield, having published the Green River Bridge Battlefield Driving Tour. In 2004, U.S. Representative Ron Lewis honored Gorin-Smith on the House floor and proclaimed her the "historian laureate" for the Kentucky Heartland.